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Fantasy Football Team Stats

The Seahawks have sure had a lot of tight games this year. And my super-informed 8-8 prediction proved to be quite pessimistic. 10-6 is way better than I dreamed after their roster took such a big hit. Kudos to Pete Carroll and crew! I wonder what’s they’ll do in the playoffs. They looked great against a Chiefs team that was much better by the numbers (but maybe the loss of Kareem Hunt will destroy them), but then the Seahawks had a tough time with the Cardinals who have the worst record in the league.

Anyway, let’s check out our own league. I’ve long theorized that to make the playoffs in our league, you need to be actively looking for new players throughout the season, but I had no proof. Or maybe that’s just my approach and the key really is a good draft? So at the end of this season, I wrote a program that grabbed our roster for every week and the number of points scored by each player.Here are the stats that I came up with…

How many non-bench points were scored by players that were on the roster in week 1?

Team

Points

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1829.09

Goat Ropers

1533.27

EndOverEnd

1492.07

Helmetheads

1475.55

Krazy Kanuck

1457.42

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1251.15

Beer-me

1219.57

Kool Aid Kid

1103.25

How many week 1 players were still on the roster in week 16?

Team

Count

Helmetheads

11

EndOverEnd

10

RAAAWWWRRRRR!!!

9

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9

Beer-me

7

Goat Ropers

5

Kool Aid Kid

4

Krazy Kanuck

4

How many different players were on the roster throughout the season?

Team

Count

Goat Ropers

47

Kool Aid Kid

45

Krazy Kanuck

35

Beer-me

25

RAAAWWWRRRRR!!!

25

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23

EndOverEnd

21

Helmetheads

21

Which free agent acquisitions averaged the most points per week? (Top 10 by Points Per Week descending)

Team

Player

Points

NumWeeks

PointsPerWeek

Goat Ropers

Jameis Winston

58.8

2

29.4

Kool Aid Kid

Patrick Mahomes

408.56

14

29.2

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Miami

26.74

1

26.7

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Russell Wilson

179.6

7

25.7

Krazy Kanuck

Damien Williams

48.8

2

24.4

Krazy Kanuck

Matt Ryan

297.96

13

22.9

Krazy Kanuck

Doug Baldwin

22.1

1

22.1

Beer-me

Jared Goff

300.78

14

21.5

Beer-me

Giovani Bernard

40.7

2

20.4

Goat Ropers

Andrew Luck

158.54

8

19.8

I don’t really know what to make of this. In general, it does look like a good draft is a big help, but it’s not critical. There does seem to be a correlation between the number of roster moves and your ability to make the playoffs.